A Practical Use of Landscape Simulation on Digital Photogrammetry and Real-time Rendering

Abstract

We have developed a landscape simulation system and have promoted its practical use in various area. Our system has been utilized in some fields and has proved to be effective for visual communication between designers and users. In the system, orthophotos calculated from aerial photography are texture-mapped to high-precision 3-dimensional terrain data to move their viewpoint smoothly by real-time rendering device. In this paper, a high-precision and interactive landscape simulation system developed by us is reported, and its practical use is overviewed with its possible development in future.